The Financial Express: This could be termed a tall claim and is yet to be tested. However, India’s Dishnet Wireless Ltd. said on Wednesday it aims to dominate the nascent WiFi mobile Internet market by rolling out nationwide service in two years. It will use WiMax base stations to link WiFi ‘hotspots’, where properly equipped devices like laptops can download data wirelessly at up to 512 kilobits/second. It aims to be India’s largest WiFi provider, with 6,000 hotspots in 38 Indian cities.
WiFi technology can provide Internet connectivity at distances from a few metres to up to 50 km (30 miles) with WiMax, whose networking supports WiFi transmitters.
“We expect a subscriber base of 200,000 users when we finish our rollout in 18-24 months,” V.G. Suri, Dishnet’s vice-president for marketing, told reporters, adding that the coffee outlets of Barista (a Starbucks type of coffee chain in India) — run by Dishnet’s owner Sivasankaran — would be key usage points.
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